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Cora
alone
remembered
the
parting
injunctions
of
the
scout
,
and
whenever
an
opportunity
offered
,
she
stretched
forth
her
arm
to
bend
aside
the
twigs
that
met
her
hands
.
But
the
vigilance
of
the
Indians
rendered
this
act
of
precaution
both
difficult
and
dangerous
.
She
was
often
defeated
in
her
purpose
,
by
encountering
their
watchful
eyes
,
when
it
became
necessary
to
feign
an
alarm
she
did
not
feel
,
and
occupy
the
limb
by
some
gesture
of
feminine
apprehension
.
Once
,
and
once
only
,
was
she
completely
successful
;
when
she
broke
down
the
bough
of
a
large
sumach
,
and
,
by
a
sudden
thought
,
let
her
glove
fall
at
the
same
instant
.
This
sign
,
intended
for
those
that
might
follow
,
was
observed
by
one
of
her
conductors
,
who
restored
the
glove
,
broke
the
remaining
branches
of
the
bush
in
such
a
manner
that
it
appeared
to
proceed
from
the
struggling
of
some
beast
in
its
branches
,
and
then
laid
his
hand
on
his
tomahawk
,
with
a
look
so
significant
,
that
it
put
an
effectual
end
to
these
stolen
memorials
of
their
passage
.
As
there
were
horses
,
to
leave
the
prints
of
their
footsteps
,
in
both
bands
of
the
Indians
,
this
interruption
cut
off
any
probable
hopes
of
assistance
being
conveyed
through
the
means
of
their
trail
.
Heyward
would
have
ventured
a
remonstrance
,
had
there
been
anything
encouraging
in
the
gloomy
reserve
of
Magua
.
But
the
savage
,
during
all
this
time
,
seldom
turned
to
look
at
his
followers
,
and
never
spoke
.
With
the
sun
for
his
only
guide
,
or
aided
by
such
blind
marks
as
are
only
known
to
the
sagacity
of
a
native
,
he
held
his
way
along
the
barrens
of
pine
,
through
occasional
little
fertile
vales
,
across
brooks
and
rivulets
,
and
over
undulating
hills
,
with
the
accuracy
of
instinct
,
and
nearly
with
the
directness
of
a
bird
.
He
never
seemed
to
hesitate
.
Whether
the
path
was
hardly
distinguishable
,
whether
it
disappeared
,
or
whether
it
lay
beaten
and
plain
before
him
,
made
no
sensible
difference
in
his
speed
or
certainty
.
It
seemed
as
if
fatigue
could
not
affect
him
.
Whenever
the
eyes
of
the
wearied
travellers
rose
from
the
decayed
leaves
over
which
they
trod
,
his
dark
form
was
to
be
seen
glancing
among
the
stems
of
the
trees
in
front
,
his
head
immovably
fastened
in
a
forward
position
,
with
the
light
plume
on
his
crest
fluttering
in
a
current
of
air
,
made
solely
by
the
swiftness
of
his
own
motion
.
But
all
this
diligence
and
speed
were
not
without
an
object
.
After
crossing
a
low
vale
,
through
which
a
gushing
brook
meandered
,
he
suddenly
ascended
a
hill
,
so
steep
and
difficult
of
ascent
,
that
the
sisters
were
compelled
to
alight
,
in
order
to
follow
When
the
summit
was
gained
,
they
found
themselves
on
a
level
spot
,
but
thinly
covered
with
trees
,
under
one
of
which
Magua
had
thrown
his
dark
form
,
as
if
willing
and
ready
to
seek
that
rest
which
was
so
much
needed
by
the
whole
party
.
"
Cursed
by
my
tribe
If
I
forgive
him
.
"
Shylock
.
The
Indian
had
selected
,
for
this
desirable
purpose
,
one
of
those
steep
,
pyramidal
hills
,
which
bear
a
strong
resemblance
to
artificial
mounds
,
and
which
so
frequently
occur
in
the
valleys
of
America
.
The
one
in
question
was
high
and
precipitous
;
its
top
flattened
,
as
usual
;
but
with
one
of
its
sides
more
than
ordinarily
irregular
.
It
possessed
no
other
apparent
advantage
for
a
resting-place
than
in
its
elevation
and
form
,
which
might
render
defence
easy
,
and
surprise
nearly
impossible
.
As
Heyward
,
however
,
no
longer
expected
that
rescue
which
time
and
distance
now
rendered
so
improbable
,
he
regarded
these
little
peculiarities
with
an
eye
devoid
of
interest
,
devoting
himself
entirely
to
the
comfort
and
condolence
of
his
feebler
companions
.
The
Narragansetts
were
suffered
to
browse
on
the
branches
of
the
trees
and
shrubs
that
were
thinly
scattered
over
the
summit
of
the
hill
,
while
the
remains
of
their
provisions
were
spread
under
the
shade
of
a
beech
,
that
stretched
its
horizontal
limbs
like
a
canopy
above
them
.
Notwithstanding
the
swiftness
of
their
flight
,
one
of
the
Indians
had
found
an
opportunity
to
strike
a
straggling
fawn
with
an
arrow
,
and
had
borne
the
more
preferable
fragments
of
the
victim
patiently
on
his
shoulders
,
to
the
stopping-place
.
Without
any
aid
from
the
science
of
cookery
,
he
was
immediately
employed
,
in
common
with
his
fellows
,
in
gorging
himself
with
this
digestible
sustenance
.
Magua
alone
sat
apart
,
without
participation
in
the
revolting
meal
,
and
apparently
buried
in
the
deepest
thought
.
